Research Interest
Research
My research addresses distributed and digitally connected manufacturing systems,
with a particular focus on architectures and methods that enable scalable,
interoperable, and intelligent production environments.
Cloud Manufacturing
Distributed Manufacturing
Control Architectures
Digital Twins
Publications
Selected publications are listed below. For the authoritative and automatically
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Ellwein, C., Dietrich, D., Maisch, N. et al.
Rethinking Asset Administration Shell Communication Types: A Systematic Mapping Study and Portfolio-Based Classification.
Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 20, 23 (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-025-01378-3
Zhang, J., Ellwein, C., Heithoff, M. et al.
Digital twin and the asset administration shell.
Softw Syst Model 24, 771–793 (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-024-01255-0
Chen, S., Ellwein, C., Klingel, L. et al.
Digital twins for machine tools: a systematic mapping study.
Digital Twin, 2 (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1080/27525783.2025.2538727
Frick, F., Ellwein, C., Lechler, A. et al.
Software-Defined Manufacturing: Reference Architecture.
International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 1289-1295 (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEEDAM61530.2024.10609236
Ellwein, C., Neumann, R., and Verl, A.
Software-defined Manufacturing: Data Representation.
Procedia CIRP Volume 118, 360-365 (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.06.062
Ellwein, C., Elser, A., and Riedel, O.
Production planning and control systems – a new software architecture: Connectivity in target.
Procedia CIRP Volume 79, 361-366 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2019.02.089
Ellwein, C., Riedel, O., Mayer, O. et al.
Rent'n'Produce: A Secure Cloud Manufacturing Platform for Small and Medium Enterprises.
IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 1-6 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2018.8436332
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Projects
I served as Principal Investigator (PI) for the following projects.
Furthermore, I contributed to several research projects. A selection is listed below.